But they were still in Villa No. 3, reliant on the Tree of Life for protection. They had no way of saving the little wolf cub.
Within the Ancient Universe, Lex Cross was ambushed by a mysterious assassin on his way home from the ancestral lands. After being severely wounded, the attacker escaped through a spatial rift.
Lex Cross tracked the energy from the spatial rift and discovered the assassin had fled in the direction of the blue planet—the very same one where the great families had descended to contend for treasures.
Along the way, he was met by three waves of assassins. The last wave, determined to complete their mission, launched a suicide attack.
Unfortunately for them, after Lex Cross advanced to War God Level, the power of his Devouring System superpower had surged. Any energy below the War God Level, no matter how frenzied, could only be restrained, devoured, and absorbed.
